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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest Con
densed Throught the World.
A New Yorker urges the presideni
,o invest2gate the governmet distri
bution of seed-.
The proposed national assembiy o:
Russia will be under absolute auto
cratic regulation.
The British ,steamer Ikhona, fror
Rangoon to Yokohoma, was strucl
by the Russian warship Terek. Jun(
5, near Hong Kong.
The French chamber of deputie:
has practically concluded debate or
the church and state separation bill
Former president James W. Alex
ander, of the Equitable Life Assur
ance society, is so ill that he has no
vet been told of the acceptance o
his resignation by Chairman Morton
It is believed that the Untied State.
Steel corporation 'has made peaco
with the Wabash railroad, as consid
erable freight is going over that sys
tem.
President Hadley. in hi- baccalau
reate address to the Yale seniors
warned them against assuming th<
righteousness of the scribes an<
pharisees.
A trust is said to have killed
thousand creameries in western states
in pursuance of a movement to stifli
competition.
A Sunday conference was held ii
New York on Panama canal affairs
Secretary Taft, Chairman Shonts, En
gineer Wallace and William Nelsoi
Cronwell, the commissioners' counsel
being present.
Governor Folk of Missouri ha
threatened to order out troops to rai
the race track gablers at St. Louis
D. C. Curtis and Lee Schramacl
were killed and J. D. Hill mortall:
wounded at Wavnesboro, Ga. Th<
trouble arose over an old grievance
Argument was heard in the Gayno
and Greene 1habeas corpus case a
Toronto. No decision was rendered
Starr J. Murphy for six years ha:
been charity manager for John D
Rockefeller, drawing a handsome sal
ary for work done as head of the bu
reau of benevolence.
A new mountain sheep is reporte<
to have been discovered in the fa
northwest. It is the so-called blacl
sheep of America and has apparentli
been found jar to the north in the gla
cial regions. Naturalists believe tha
numerous hitherto unknown animal
.iii yet be discovered on this conti
me.nt.
.ANorth Ca'rolina farmer arrived ii
.Nw York the other day' wih $475
with w~hiclh to'buy the statd of Nev
Jersey. He had already forwarde<
$25 as a deposit with the bogus rea
estate firm that offer~ed to sell hii th<
entire state, the "traitor state," a:
Lincoln Steffens -calls it. for $500. 'Ph<
farmer lost the $475 before he ha<
been long in the city.
King Edward receives daily no few
er t'han 3.ooO newrspapers and 1.ooo let
t-rs, while .the Czar and the Germai
emperor receive each from .6oo to 70'
!etters and appeals. The king of Ital:
itroubled 1by abobu: goo. and Queel
Wilhelmina from roo to 150. Al
these, however, are puit in the shad
by the Pope. who holds first plac
wit<h from 22,0oo to a3.ooo letter
every day.
Rev. 0. H. E. Rauch, pastor of th
Reformed church, Stroudburg, Pa.,i
an ea?nest worker among the youn
peoplc c-f that pdace. Some of their
members of his church, proposed t<
give a minstrel show and Mr. Rauci
cordially indorsed the idea. More thai
that, he wrote some of the "gags" an<
himself acted as "middle man." Thi
show was a great success.
Dr. Ralph Hamilton Curtis, latel:
Carnegie's assistant at Lick Olzseva
tory, has been chosen assistant pro
fessor of astronomy by the Universit:
of Western Pennsylvania. Dr. Cur
tis, though only 24 years old, recen't
lv took this doctor's degree at th
UTniversity of California, where he re
ceived his astronomical training, sup
plemented by -graduate work ther<
and at Lick Observatory.
Mrs. Crawford. wife of F. Marior
Crawford. the novelist, although th<
mother of two grown daughters,.i
said by an American woman, who re.
cently met her abroad, to look not
day over 26. She is a blonde, slende
and graceful, and exceedingly fond o
society; quite a butterfly, in fact, ani
altogether different in her tastes fronr
her husband. The home of the Craw
f1 - : Frk :1 (leciartd iaat ceith er
re liss,ur. Na:ional Guards or he
St. Louis p-iicC department will be
dirtcted to raid the alleged bank-ma
kers at Deimar race track. The Gov
ernor proposes to enforce the law
against betting in Missouri.
Charles E. Davis and his daughter,
Miss Essie Davis, were murdered at
Miami, Florida, Monday morning by
unknown parties. One thousand dol
lars reward has been offered by the
citizens of Miami for the apprehen
sion of the murderer.
An instance, of the application of a
precocious knowledge of the law by a
child occurred in a Parisian school
last January. In France education is
obligatory. but the law can not compel
children to remain at school after the
age of thirteen. This law, needless to
remark. is usually a dead letter. a pu
pil suddenly got up in the maddle of
a lesson gathered up his hook, placed
them neatly in his desk. took up his
hat and moved toward the door.
"Where are you going? asked the
teacher. with a certain amount O1
acerbity. "Sir." replied the boy. with
irritating nonchalance. "I was thirteen
years of age four minutes ago and
vou have no longer any right to keep
me at school."
People wonder. says The Reading
1 Pa.. Telegram, at Japan's success. Dr.
Jordan tells us the reason when he
;avs that in this entire war he doubts
if $ioo of Japanese money has been
stolcn. They don't have grafters yet
in Japan. The spirit of loyalty which
sends men smiling to the cannon's
mouth doesn't encourage personal en
richmet at the public expense. \Ve
:an draw a lesson from that "pagan"
country. We preach honesty and
oractice crookedness-or if we don't
literally practice it we applaud those
who do if they do it cleverly and
don't get caught.
In a recen7 interview the N\' ve
gian explorer, Dr. Nansen, expressed
the opinion that the Scandinavian sit
uation was likely to be serious. When
- asked if war was likely to come, he
said: "Wars sometimes come unex
I pectedly,.you know. Norway will
certainly not commerce, nor, indeed,
t will sie do ,nything which will be a
legitimate excuse for war. But we
will not sacrifice our independence;
we will not become a subject state to
Sweden, and should Sweden attack us
-wel!, we shall have to defend our
selves.''
1The times of digestion of different
foods are about as follows on an av'
erage: Milk, rice, about an hour or
less: whipped eggs, barley soup. sal
mon. trout. about I 1-2 hlours; peas
and Bfesh about 2 hours or more: sago
t 3-4 hours: barley. boiled milk, raw
eggs. cabbage with vinegar, soup with
fat and bread. about 2 hours; raw milk
( Richet) baked eggs. ox liver.' 2 1-4
hours: lamb, beans, potatoes. cabbage.
hash. 2 1-3 hours: boiled eggs. beef
,tealk, white bread, ham. ibeef. nish,
~ Wton. 3i'hurs: pork. pou!try. vea.,
hr nw bread. 4 hours: sal'. pork. hard
bolelld eggs. 3hours.
How Japan Has Thrived On War.
The record of Japan's recent ma
terial progress is, it seems. as remark
able as her- progress in military
achievement. Mr. F. WV. Hewes, the
well-known statistical authority,
writes interes-.ingly on this subject in
the current Harper's Weekly. The
1increase of postal savings during the
nrst eight months of the war, for ex
ample, shows an increase from
$15,380,0oo to $18,612,ooo-indicatinlg
an astonishing increase of the sources
from which such savings are drawn;
the incomes provided by industrial
employment. The savings bank de
posits have increased 2! per cent dur
ing trae same period; there has also
been an increase of bank reserves
amounting to 5.5 per cent, an increase
of 1o-5 per cent in rice production, of
8.2 per cent in exports, and of 6.2 per
cent in imports.
His Worry.
Harper's Weekly.
"I say Sambo." said a gentleman to
-an improvident negro who had just
lost a job for t'he third or fourth time,
"aren't you worried over the qtiestion
of wherewithal to support you?"
"Lordly, Marse Henry," was the
reply, "I ain't worryin' about where
withal; I's worryin' about de where
fore fur de herein."
SOUTTH CAROLINA NEWS.
:tems of More or Less Interest Con
densed Throughout the State.
.The ,ntire ielt line and sp r of the
Greenlvile s:reet rail-.vay vill e c7 C m
Jc:ed and apeed( f r t ramei July 4~
IThe Ob rer, a weekly newspaper.
will begin publication at Greers July
3. J. M. Moore will be editor.
The annual convention of the South
Carolina Funeral Directors associ
ation is being held in Columbia.
The County club of Greenville has
been organized with Capt. E. A.
Smyt+h as president. The old Perry
homestead Sans Souci will be used
as the clubhouse.
C. J. Hunt. a white mill operative,
in Greenville, tried to cut his throat
with a tin can while in the city prison.
He is said to have been suffering from
relerium tremens.
An automobile driven by M. A.
Malone. ran into and capsized a car
riage driven by Joseph Eptin on the
IIva.t Park road near Columbia.
Several minor injuries were suffered.
Robert B. Clyde has left Greenville
after cashing two checks to which
he forged the name of J. C. Fitzger
ad. f.r St2.;o and Sr.;. A warrant
has been issued for him, but he has
no ,t been arres:ed.
The statistics of the marine hos
pital service show that Beaufort has
:he lowest death rate of any place
in this state for which figtrres are
iven. Greonlville is next lowest.
Sam Hudson. a negro, beat and
robbed David Ballenger. an- old and
respected white citizen near Greers.
\Vhen the negro was captured by Mr.
Ballenger's neighbors 50 lashes were
given him. He was later taken to jail
at Greenville. Mr. Ballenger will re
cover. The thief secured Sio from
him.
The city council of Greenville re
fused to grant the Saluda Power Co.
a franchise extending longer than 30
years. The pmwer company says suc'h
action will seriously interfere with
its financial arrangements and may
compel it to abandon the enterprise.
The object is to develop power on
Saluda river, about six miles from
Greenville and transmit it to that city.
Thornwell B. Haynes of South Car
olina has been appointed Consul at
Nankaing, China. He has been in the
Government service for several years,
being located latterly in Germany.
His wife is a daughter of Mr. L. S.
Bowers, of Prosperity, S. C.
Sam Hudson, a negro, was whipped
by enraged citizens cf Greenville
county on Monday for an assault
made upon Mr. Da.vid Ballenger. Mr.
Ballenger was badly injured and had
his house robbed.
Mr. James S. Drummond, a Confed
erate. veteran arid citizen of Laurens.
died at his home in that city on Mon
day. He was sixty-tliree years old.
and most 'highly regarded and hon
ore d.
Dr. R: E. Brabham. ason of Rev.
M. M. Brabham of the',Methodist
conerence. dlied at the home oif his
father at Ninety-Six on Sunday even
ing. D)r. Brabham was a very bright
young man. twenty-seven years of
age, and leaves a widow to whom.he
had been married but eight months to
the date of his funeral.
John F. Floyd was elected Mayor
of Spartanburg after a lively fight on
Tuesdoy, defeating 0. L. Johnston
by a majority of two hundred and
fty-five, tvhe total vote for both candi
dates being fifteen hundred and fifty
three.
Mr. A. Bonham Martin of Spartan
burg committed suicide Tuesday
morning by drowning himself in a
little branch between North Dean
and Converse streets. He was found
with his face forced downwards into
seven inches of tdhe water. There was
not the slightest evidence to indicate
that the end of the unfortunate man
was other than self planned, and no
inquest was held. He was fifty-four
years of age, and leaves a wife and
four children.
Mr. E. B. Murray, Jr., of Anderson,
who was a graduate this year from
Mercer university, has been given the
position oif Instructor in Latin and
Greek in that institution.
Esait Brunson, a negro farmer of
fe Pine Grove section of Orangehurg
county, was killed a few days ago
near his home by unknown parties.
C. J. Hunt crazed with drink and a
weil known character about the city
>f Greenville, attempted to cut his
.hroat in the cell at the polie station
. 'in n "n:tt cacn.un
' a1. Vr(Cil tt L( ii,1 -.
.\irs. 1taill. the wife Prci.
K. P>ailev of the S. C. C. I. I ti:1te
; Edg eield, died? ait:1c home in
Edgefield suddenly on Tuesday from
aute appendicitis.
The movement to vote out the dis
pensary in Williamsburg county has
taken definite shape, and the petition
is being circulated asking the election.
Mr. V. J. Moore of Greenwood and
Miss Mamie Clardy of Laurens were
married at Clinton on Tuesday-at the
residence of the Rev. J. B. Parrott,
who performed the ceremony. Mr.
Moore is the Master of Greenwood
county, and is well known in New
berry, his first wife being Miss Car
rie Ellisor.
Natural Thought.
Yonkers Statesman.
"This milk is warm. mamma," said
the city boy, tasting milk in the coun
try for the first time.
"Yes, my son." replied the parent;
"I suppose it is just from the cow."
"O, I thought they'd made a mis
take and put hot water instead of cold
in it."
Warning to Senator Tillman.
Hartsville Messenger. d
Ii B. R. Tillman has not lost his e
political astuteness he will 'help the
good people get rid of the dispensar} t
To take any other course would be
disastrous to his political future.
FOR BA
IN
FURNI
AN]
HOUSEHOL
KibIer,De
NEWBER
~? Out of Date Plumt
Plumbing fixtures and
installed some years as
/ at that time, but so many improvet
in sanitation that an old plumbing
but -is a menace to the health of
Awhich it is still in use.
Is Your Plumbini
Let us examine the condition
correct defective piping and install
tures made, namely "Standeid" B
"$tanid0d Ware is guaranteed.
be healthy and more comfortable
Home Plumbing."
AC. C. DAVIS. N<
~%.~~j': vi~ t \v'i:'1 rattlecr ,ell a5
Season Tickets Via. C., N. & L.
The Cclumbia. Newberry and Laur
railroa(d offers Season Tickets to
following points, limited until
ctober 3IS:, 1905:
Asheville. N. C. $7.05
Alexander 7.35
Arden 6.75
Biltmore 7.00
Brevard 7.90
Flat Rook 6.30
Fletchers 6.65
Hendersonville 6.40
Hot Springs 8.00
Murphy 11.30
Saluda 6.oo
Swannanot 7.35
Tryon 5.6o
Waynesviiie 7.80
Lake Waccamaw 9.30
Wrightsville II.70
Carolina Beach 11.55
Georgetown 8.30
Conway 10.10
Isle of Palms 7-90
Sullivans Island 7.90
Waterloo 1.95
Cross Hill 1.95
Glenn Springs 4.45
Spartanburg 4.10
Greenville 4.05
Parties wishing to purchase tickets
points beyond Spartanburg will
lease notify me before the trains are
ue, that I may arrange to have tick
ts ready on their arrival.
For schedules or further informa
on phone or write,
J. W. Denning, Agent.
Phone No. 82.
RGAINS
TURE
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.u GOODS
RY, S. C.
ing is Unhealthy
yvstems as made and
o were very efBicient
nents have been made recently
system is not only unsanitary,
the occupants of the house in
Out of Date?
If so, the members
of your household are
constantly risking 'Mi
health. Defective
~Dplumbing generates
germ-bearing se we r
gases which pollute the
atmosphere and cannot
help but be breathed by
the occupants. Sewer
gas is dangerous and the
S strongest constitution
cannot long withstand
its ill effects.
>f youi plumbing, in order to
the best and most sanitary fix
aths and One-piece Lavatories.
If this is done, your home will
,Ask for booklet "'Modern J
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